Applicator.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER LEVY, OF HAGENAU, GERMANY.

APPLICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,587, dated June 3, 1902.

.s Application filed February 9, 1901. Serial No. 46,660. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LEVY, ka subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Hagenau, Province of. Alsace, German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Applicators, of which the following is a full specification.

This invention relates to a means or appliance for conveying and lintroducing medicaments-such, for instance as causticzing soluticns-into parts of the human body which are difficult of access, massage being simultaneously applied. The parts more particu# larly in question are the masculine urethra, the uterus, the nasal cavity, and the like.

The essential feature of the invention consists in the head of the instrument being traversed for a certain length byy numerous capillary passages which are intended to receive medicaments and to easily discharge same again when a slight pressure is applied.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a central longitudinalv section.

The medicament-carrier has the shape of a catheter of ordinary length and caliber and is designated a in the drawings. It is made of soft rubber. Inside there is a central longitudinal bore @serving for guiding the instrument, and a silver wire (not shown) of suitable thickness may be employed for the guidance.

The head of the instrument, according to requirements, is provided for a distance with a plurality of ne intercommunicating pasp sages c, which open to the exterior of the instrument. The central bore extends up into proximity to the end d, where it may be slightly enlarged, as shown at g, but does not communicate with the passages.

When in use, the head of the catheter is immersed in the medicinalysolutiom-for ining solution, together with a simultaneous massaging caused by moving the soft-rubber instrument forward and backward and rubbing it at the sides. The silver wire which is used may have an enlarged head or end, which is introduced into the recess g, and when the instrument is in place if the parts are too sore or iniiamed for direct massage the moving of the wire Within the bore or tube will cause indirect massage on the parts to be treated,'at the same time facilitating the dischargegof the caustic medicament.

What I claim is- A 1. In an instrument for introducing liquid medicaments the combination of a straight catheter made of soft india-rubber tapering toward the end, which is closed, and having numerous ne capillary apertures opening externally and a central longitudinal bore, having no communication with the capillary apertures, essentially as described.

2. In an instrument for introducingvliquid medicaments the combination of a straight catheter made of soft india-rubber having a heart-shaped head, which is closed, and having numerous fine capillary apertures opening externally and a central longitudinal bore, having no communication with the capillary apertures, essentially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER LEVY.

Witnesses:

FRANZ FATSCHER, ROBERT MLLER. 

